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China Chow's introduction to art began when she was a child. Her parents, restaurateur architect and art connoisseur Michael Chow and mother, style icon and jewelry designer Tina Chow, moved the family from London to New York when China was five years old. As her father's restaurant, Mr. Chow, became a mecca to the art world that ruled Manhattan, she connected with some of the most prominent artists of the time: Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Julian Schnabel, Francesco Clemente, and Robert Rauschenberg.

China has fond memories of learning to draw with family friend, renowned artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. Having spent most of her childhood at museums and galleries with her parents, it was inevitable that she would become an avid art enthusiast. "Art is the most authentic way for a person to express themselves," China believes. "Clothing has to be functional, food has to taste good -- but art is the purest form of expression, existing without set boundaries."

A graduate of Le Lycée Français de Los Angeles, China is fluent in French. After earning a psychology degree from Scripps College, China spent several years successfully modeling for Shiseido, Barney's, Tommy Hilfiger, GAP, DKNY, and Lane Crawford. She has been photographed by some of the world's leading photographers including Richard Avedon, Patrick Demarchelier, Mario Testino, David Bailey, Inez & Vinoodh, Arthur Elgort, Mario Sorrenti, and Terry Richardson among others.

China has been featured in numerous international publications; some of which include The New York Times, Vanity Fair, W, Time, Newsweek, Vogue, British Vogue, Paris Vogue, Vogue Japan, Vogue China, Harper's Bazaar, V Magazine, Purple Fashion, Paper, Cosmopolitan, Glamour and Elle. She has been included in the prestigious "Best Dressed Lists" for Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and Vanity Fair. China's acting credits include The Big Hit opposite Mark Walhberg, Head Over Heels directed by Mark Waters and Spun directed by Jonas Åkerlund. She has also appeared on numerous talk shows, including segments for The Today Show and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on NBC.

As the host and judge of Bravo's art competition series, Work of Art: The Next Great Artist, China serves as the perfect guide through the complex and fascinating art world. Her irrepressible passion for art and tremendous appreciation for beauty is contagious as she works to access the talents of aspiring artist throughout the course of the series.

China currently resides in New York and Los Angeles and is a routine fixture of international art fairs, biennials and auctions. As subject, muse, and connector, China is involved in many art and fashion projects; recent collaborations include works with Karl Lagerfeld, Jason Wu, Will Cotton, Richard Phillips, Kaws, Glenn Kaino, and Carine Roitfeld. China is a passionate advocate and volunteer for several non-profit organizations including Inner-City Arts, Chrysalis, and The Art of Elysium.

Bill Powers owns Half Gallery in New York City along with partners Andy Spade and James Frey. More recently, Powers co-founded ExhibitionA.com, an online art site that commissions editioned prints. He also helps curate the rare book room at the Gagaosian Shop on Madison Avenue. His gallery's past clients are an eccletic mix of notables, including Chloe Sevigny, Daphne Guinness, KAWS, and Mario Sorrenti.

Powers path in contemporary art first manifested itself in 1997 when he became the editor-in-chief of Blackbook magazine, where he remained off-and-on until 2005. He has also written about art and culture for other prominent titles including The New York Times,W, Paper, Vanity Fair, Muse, Details, and Purple Fashion, a magazine he occasionally still contributes to. Through his extensive editorial work, Powers has interviewed some of today's preeminent contemporary artists from around the world, including Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Kara Walker, Ed Ruscha, George Condo, Rashid Johnson, and John Currin.

In addition, Powers is an ardent art collector with an impressive collection of works by Alec Soth, Richard Prince, Elizabeth Peyton, Tom Sachs, Irving Penn, and Dana Schutz, among others. The first piece of art he ever bought was a photograph of ToeJam the Clown by Terry Richardson in 1998.

Powers is currently on the board of the non-profit RxArt, an organization that places contemporary art in hospitals and healing environments.

He resides in New York with his wife, fashion designer Cynthia Rowley, and their two daughters.

An energetic and persuasive voice in the art world for over two decades, Jerry Saltz is currently the Senior Art Critic for New York Magazine. In 2006 Saltz was named "Best Art Critic" by Time Out New York and he is a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist in Criticism.

Throughout his career, Saltz has articulated his opinions by writing for a number of well-known publications including Village Voice, where he reigned as Senior Art Critic from 1998 to 2007, Frieze, Modern Painters, and Art in America to name a few. Saltz's Village Voice columns were compiled into a book published by Figures Press, titled Seeing Out Loud: The Village Voice Art Columns, 1998-2003. A second volume of his criticism, Seeing Out Louder was recently published by Hardpress Editions. He is the co-editor of Sketchbook with Voices with Eric Fischl.

Beyond his writing, Saltz has lectured at numerous prominent universities and museums across America, including Harvard, Yale, the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Cleveland Art Institute, and many others. In 2008 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago awarded him an Honorary Doctorate.

Saltz is the founder of N.A.M.E. Gallery in his hometown of Chicago, Illinois; an artists' run gallery established in 1973, for which he has curated over 75 exhibitions. In 1995, Saltz was the sole advisor of the Whitney Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Simon de Pury is one of the art world's leading figures, renowned for his legendary performance on the auction podium and for his deep and longstanding knowledge of the global marketplace.

De Pury is Chairman and Chief Auctioneer of Phillips de Pury & Company, the leading global auction house for Contemporary Art, Design and Photography, and still owns a significant share in the business after selling the majority in October 2008 to the Mercury Group, Russia's largest luxury retail company. Between 2010 and 2011, De Pury sold some of the most important works of Contemporary Art to come on the market, such as Andy Warhol's masterpieces, the portrait of Elizabeth Taylor for $27 million and 'Men in her Life' for $63 million.

De Pury joined Phillips in 2001 when his art advisory firm, the Geneva-based de Pury & Luxembourg Art, which he had started in 1997 with Daniella Luxembourg – merged with them

A spirited and highly successful career at Sotheby's preceded this chapter. De Pury was appointed Chairman of Sotheby's Switzerland in 1986 and later became Chairman of Sotheby's Europe. This function, which he performed with his inimitable zeal and enthusiasm -- coupled with sharp business acumen -- saw him conduct important sales all over the world. These included the Thurn und Taxis sales in Geneva and Regensburg, the Margrave of Baden sales in Baden-Baden, the Palazzo Corsini sales in Florence, part of the Jacqueline Onassis Kennedy sales in New York, and all major Impressionist and Modern Art evening sales in both New York and London since 1994. He was also the initiator and auctioneer for the historical and first international auction to be held in 1988 by Sotheby's in Moscow

From 1979-86, de Pury was curator of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection and organized numerous exhibitions not only in the Villa Favorita in Lugano, Switzerland, but also in major museums around the world. He was also responsible for the coordination of four key exchanges between Baron H.H. Thyssen-Bornemisza -– then the most important collector of his time -– and the State Hermitage, the Pushkin Museum, the Russian Museum, the Tretyakov Gallery, and the Kremlin Museum in Russia. Prior to this, de Pury had started his career at Sotheby's in 1974 and was active in their London and Monte Carlo offices before opening the Sotheby's office and auction venue in Geneva.

De Pury studied the Japanese painting techniques of "Sumie" and "Nihonga" at the Tokyo Academy of Arts. He was born in Basel, Switzerland, and is the father of four grown children, as well as an 8-month-old. He lives between London and New York.

China Chow's introduction to art began when she was a child. Her parents, restaurateur architect and art connoisseur Michael Chow and mother, style icon and jewelry designer Tina Chow, moved the family from London to New York when China was five years old. As her father's restaurant, Mr. Chow, became a mecca to the art world that ruled Manhattan, she connected with some of the most prominent artists of the time: Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Julian Schnabel, Francesco Clemente, and Robert Rauschenberg.

China has fond memories of learning to draw with family friend, renowned artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. Having spent most of her childhood at museums and galleries with her parents, it was inevitable that she would become an avid art enthusiast. "Art is the most authentic way for a person to express themselves," China believes. "Clothing has to be functional, food has to taste good -- but art is the purest form of expression, existing without set boundaries."

A graduate of Le Lycée Français de Los Angeles, China is fluent in French. After earning a psychology degree from Scripps College, China spent several years successfully modeling for Shiseido, Barney's, Tommy Hilfiger, GAP, DKNY, and Lane Crawford. She has been photographed by some of the world's leading photographers including Richard Avedon, Patrick Demarchelier, Mario Testino, David Bailey, Inez & Vinoodh, Arthur Elgort, Mario Sorrenti, and Terry Richardson among others.

China has been featured in numerous international publications; some of which include The New York Times, Vanity Fair, W, Time, Newsweek, Vogue, British Vogue, Paris Vogue, Vogue Japan, Vogue China, Harper's Bazaar, V Magazine, Purple Fashion, Paper, Cosmopolitan, Glamour and Elle. She has been included in the prestigious "Best Dressed Lists" for Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and Vanity Fair. China's acting credits include The Big Hit opposite Mark Walhberg, Head Over Heels directed by Mark Waters and Spun directed by Jonas Åkerlund. She has also appeared on numerous talk shows, including segments for The Today Show and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on NBC.

As the host and judge of Bravo's art competition series, Work of Art: The Next Great Artist, China serves as the perfect guide through the complex and fascinating art world. Her irrepressible passion for art and tremendous appreciation for beauty is contagious as she works to access the talents of aspiring artist throughout the course of the series.

China currently resides in New York and Los Angeles and is a routine fixture of international art fairs, biennials and auctions. As subject, muse, and connector, China is involved in many art and fashion projects; recent collaborations include works with Karl Lagerfeld, Jason Wu, Will Cotton, Richard Phillips, Kaws, Glenn Kaino, and Carine Roitfeld. China is a passionate advocate and volunteer for several non-profit organizations including Inner-City Arts, Chrysalis, and The Art of Elysium.

Bill Powers owns Half Gallery in New York City along with partners Andy Spade and James Frey. More recently, Powers co-founded ExhibitionA.com, an online art site that commissions editioned prints. He also helps curate the rare book room at the Gagaosian Shop on Madison Avenue. His gallery's past clients are an eccletic mix of notables, including Chloe Sevigny, Daphne Guinness, KAWS, and Mario Sorrenti.

Powers path in contemporary art first manifested itself in 1997 when he became the editor-in-chief of Blackbook magazine, where he remained off-and-on until 2005. He has also written about art and culture for other prominent titles including The New York Times,W, Paper, Vanity Fair, Muse, Details, and Purple Fashion, a magazine he occasionally still contributes to. Through his extensive editorial work, Powers has interviewed some of today's preeminent contemporary artists from around the world, including Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Kara Walker, Ed Ruscha, George Condo, Rashid Johnson, and John Currin.

In addition, Powers is an ardent art collector with an impressive collection of works by Alec Soth, Richard Prince, Elizabeth Peyton, Tom Sachs, Irving Penn, and Dana Schutz, among others. The first piece of art he ever bought was a photograph of ToeJam the Clown by Terry Richardson in 1998.

Powers is currently on the board of the non-profit RxArt, an organization that places contemporary art in hospitals and healing environments.

He resides in New York with his wife, fashion designer Cynthia Rowley, and their two daughters.

An energetic and persuasive voice in the art world for over two decades, Jerry Saltz is currently the Senior Art Critic for New York Magazine. In 2006 Saltz was named "Best Art Critic" by Time Out New York and he is a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist in Criticism.

Throughout his career, Saltz has articulated his opinions by writing for a number of well-known publications including Village Voice, where he reigned as Senior Art Critic from 1998 to 2007, Frieze, Modern Painters, and Art in America to name a few. Saltz's Village Voice columns were compiled into a book published by Figures Press, titled Seeing Out Loud: The Village Voice Art Columns, 1998-2003. A second volume of his criticism, Seeing Out Louder was recently published by Hardpress Editions. He is the co-editor of Sketchbook with Voices with Eric Fischl.

Beyond his writing, Saltz has lectured at numerous prominent universities and museums across America, including Harvard, Yale, the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Cleveland Art Institute, and many others. In 2008 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago awarded him an Honorary Doctorate.

Saltz is the founder of N.A.M.E. Gallery in his hometown of Chicago, Illinois; an artists' run gallery established in 1973, for which he has curated over 75 exhibitions. In 1995, Saltz was the sole advisor of the Whitney Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Simon de Pury is one of the art world's leading figures, renowned for his legendary performance on the auction podium and for his deep and longstanding knowledge of the global marketplace.

De Pury is Chairman and Chief Auctioneer of Phillips de Pury & Company, the leading global auction house for Contemporary Art, Design and Photography, and still owns a significant share in the business after selling the majority in October 2008 to the Mercury Group, Russia's largest luxury retail company. Between 2010 and 2011, De Pury sold some of the most important works of Contemporary Art to come on the market, such as Andy Warhol's masterpieces, the portrait of Elizabeth Taylor for $27 million and 'Men in her Life' for $63 million.

De Pury joined Phillips in 2001 when his art advisory firm, the Geneva-based de Pury & Luxembourg Art, which he had started in 1997 with Daniella Luxembourg – merged with them

A spirited and highly successful career at Sotheby's preceded this chapter. De Pury was appointed Chairman of Sotheby's Switzerland in 1986 and later became Chairman of Sotheby's Europe. This function, which he performed with his inimitable zeal and enthusiasm -- coupled with sharp business acumen -- saw him conduct important sales all over the world. These included the Thurn und Taxis sales in Geneva and Regensburg, the Margrave of Baden sales in Baden-Baden, the Palazzo Corsini sales in Florence, part of the Jacqueline Onassis Kennedy sales in New York, and all major Impressionist and Modern Art evening sales in both New York and London since 1994. He was also the initiator and auctioneer for the historical and first international auction to be held in 1988 by Sotheby's in Moscow

From 1979-86, de Pury was curator of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection and organized numerous exhibitions not only in the Villa Favorita in Lugano, Switzerland, but also in major museums around the world. He was also responsible for the coordination of four key exchanges between Baron H.H. Thyssen-Bornemisza -– then the most important collector of his time -– and the State Hermitage, the Pushkin Museum, the Russian Museum, the Tretyakov Gallery, and the Kremlin Museum in Russia. Prior to this, de Pury had started his career at Sotheby's in 1974 and was active in their London and Monte Carlo offices before opening the Sotheby's office and auction venue in Geneva.

De Pury studied the Japanese painting techniques of "Sumie" and "Nihonga" at the Tokyo Academy of Arts. He was born in Basel, Switzerland, and is the father of four grown children, as well as an 8-month-old. He lives between London and New York.